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. >> an amazing company, they had a tough year, but china is rebounding and make a lot of money. >> caterpillar on global recovery. what do you think of that. >> i like cater pillar for quite a long tim whether or not the economy recovers, it's a good. >> neil: what are you buying? >> vanguard re-index. the criticism i wanted to pick something, it has a generous yield. >> neil: i love that company. i love vanguard. i love reit and it's a great gift. biggest index of them b.t.
. >> an amazing company, they had a tough year, but china is rebounding and make a lot of money. >> caterpillar on global recovery. what do you think of that. >> i like cater pillar for quite a long tim whether or not the economy recovers, it's a good. >> neil: what are you buying? >> vanguard re-index. the criticism i wanted to pick something, it has a generous yield. >> neil: i love that company. i love vanguard. i love reit and it's a great gift. biggest...
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we are also assessing what is going on with china, but it appears that there is a broadening acknowledgement that the days of a sob are nearing an end. your thoughts? >> i think this statement by russian deputy foreign minister is quite significant. this is the first visible sign the russians think that he cannot be saved. there has never been any doubt about that. if he is about to lose power throughout the country and the opposition takeover, the russians have to be very worried about their naval base, the direction and new government will take, what this means for their position in the middle east as a whole. i hope they don't decide it will go after somebody like mohammad morrissey. lou: is there any possibility in your mind what we are watching is a bit of a ruse? that there is a deal and that russia is just simply letting events transpire to persuade others that they simply lost this when in fact they have assurances from the u.s. for their naval base and for continued representation, presence in the region? >> it is possible, but it does not look like it. there's no indication that ir
we are also assessing what is going on with china, but it appears that there is a broadening acknowledgement that the days of a sob are nearing an end. your thoughts? >> i think this statement by russian deputy foreign minister is quite significant. this is the first visible sign the russians think that he cannot be saved. there has never been any doubt about that. if he is about to lose power throughout the country and the opposition takeover, the russians have to be very worried about...
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here to explain what china wants is the author of the coming collapse of china. i'm glad your year because this sounds really scary. you worried about this? aig, 4 billion. that is the biggest chinese takeover thus far. u worry that this is going to be a trend? >> it's certainly going to be. what's happening in china is that enterprises don't have the opportunities there because their problems and the chinese economy right now it's a pretty serious. these enterprises are going around the world buying assets because the returns are a lot better. so a lot of this activity does not concern me, but some of it does because you see in certain acquisitions like a one to three systems, the battery maker, the canadian oil sands producer. they're looking for technology. and some of this technology has defense applications, like this battery maker they're buying this stuff up. that is something we have to be concerned about and should stop. tracy: do you worry -- we ha an election. there are new people leading. you worry that the new leaders will make this even worse? >> th
here to explain what china wants is the author of the coming collapse of china. i'm glad your year because this sounds really scary. you worried about this? aig, 4 billion. that is the biggest chinese takeover thus far. u worry that this is going to be a trend? >> it's certainly going to be. what's happening in china is that enterprises don't have the opportunities there because their problems and the chinese economy right now it's a pretty serious. these enterprises are going around the...
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lou: general electric ceo jeffrey immelt said that -- is good for china, here he is on bloomberg tv. >> but, their government works. you know they get things done, they have 5 year plans, i tell our team, read the 12-5 year plan, the segment we're in what they are doing makes since in the chinese context. lou: remind you, immelt is president of the president's job council. new government data suggests that a massive exodus from high tax state of california. california lost 100,000 more residents than it gained last year, more going to more business-friendly. business-friendly, states like texas. and california public employees have highest salaries in the 12 most populous state, earning on average $60,000 a year. >> major victory for gun rights advocates, a court struck down a ban on carrying weapons in the state of illinois, they rule that ban is unconstitutional. >> former nfl commissioner paul tag leah buhas overturned the saints suspension. he found three of the four engaged in conduct but said that the coaches and front office are to blame. for what he called the cash for hits p
lou: general electric ceo jeffrey immelt said that -- is good for china, here he is on bloomberg tv. >> but, their government works. you know they get things done, they have 5 year plans, i tell our team, read the 12-5 year plan, the segment we're in what they are doing makes since in the chinese context. lou: remind you, immelt is president of the president's job council. new government data suggests that a massive exodus from high tax state of california. california lost 100,000 more...
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china's corporate criminals who are often inditing wishable. we don't want to give the chinesing nomic sift apple larger footprint into american capitalism. secondly, this makes a mock rift green energy policies. the main rational for which was we don't want these so-called industries of the future controlled by foreign countries and by foreign companies. and here we are, transferring all of this property over to a chinese company. and there was an american buyer. there was an american buyer. an american-owned option. >> on that point, alan, is there any sensitive technology or information that is going to be given to the chinese through this trance ak. >> that's a great question, mandy. you are broadcasting from northern jersey, right sni think you recently you learned how important electricity grids are, right? when you don't have electrical power bb life becomes very bad. a123 is making product that helps control the electricity grid system. do we want the chinese owning this technology? the possibility for sabotage is after t astro nom cal.
china's corporate criminals who are often inditing wishable. we don't want to give the chinesing nomic sift apple larger footprint into american capitalism. secondly, this makes a mock rift green energy policies. the main rational for which was we don't want these so-called industries of the future controlled by foreign countries and by foreign companies. and here we are, transferring all of this property over to a chinese company. and there was an american buyer. there was an american buyer....
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china, obvioussy, has plans to fix all of that with a little help from the american taxpayer and, of course, the president. wile we focus on the fiscal cliff negotiations, or more appropately the iasse many our state governments aren't in much better shape. state pensionsystems, unfunded liabilities are now estimated to be in the range of $2.5 trillion to almt $4 trillion. leading is california witmore than $370 billion in unfunded pension liabilities, only 47% are currently fued. a pension debt per household in california of aost $30,000. illinois close behind, $167 billion in unfundedliabilities, 28% funded, and th state pension debt per household amounting to over $34,000. in municipal bonds illinois sold over $5illin bonds this year making it the third biggest debt issuer in the first tee arters this year. california and new york, numbers e and two with. the issue of unfunded pension liabilities with the passage of right-to-work laws is a subject that i'm going to be taking up with our next guest. -@mallory fctor, author of can the bestseller, "shadow boxes: government nioos cont
china, obvioussy, has plans to fix all of that with a little help from the american taxpayer and, of course, the president. wile we focus on the fiscal cliff negotiations, or more appropately the iasse many our state governments aren't in much better shape. state pensionsystems, unfunded liabilities are now estimated to be in the range of $2.5 trillion to almt $4 trillion. leading is california witmore than $370 billion in unfunded pension liabilities, only 47% are currently fued. a pension...
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. >> that's like jeffrey saying kind oft praising china recently because they can make some good business decisions for themselves, so the whole system might be somewhat admirable. they're always joking when they say something outrageous. i think they're revealing in many ways what they really think. it wasn't too many years ago, bill, that you and i were talking abouter harry's comments about condoleeza rice and even colin powell where they live in the house ofen the master. >> bill: right. >> he wasn't joking then. you know, he maybe overstated a little bit for him. >> bill: look. nobody cares about harry anyway. >> that song is in my head. you're ruining the christmas season, the banana boat song. >> bill: i like that song. >> would you sing it for us? >> i used him not because he has credibility and that he's somebody that people listen to. but to give you an example of what is being said in the salons, at the huffington post. there arese people going you knw what? if you oppose president obama now anden you oppose the secular progressive agenda, we're going to deal with you. look. th
. >> that's like jeffrey saying kind oft praising china recently because they can make some good business decisions for themselves, so the whole system might be somewhat admirable. they're always joking when they say something outrageous. i think they're revealing in many ways what they really think. it wasn't too many years ago, bill, that you and i were talking abouter harry's comments about condoleeza rice and even colin powell where they live in the house ofen the master. >>...
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crude oil and news of an increase of industrial production in china and the united states. a barrel of oil now just under $87. eighteen days from the fiscal cliff. the president looking back, addressing claims that he wants to create a socialist system in this country. the president saying if he had been president 25 years ago, there would be a shockingly different view of him and his politics. >> the truth of the matter is that my policies are so mainstream that if i had said the same policies, i have had been considered a moderate republican back then. lou: i don't know whether he believes that or not. it is great have a team with us. >> i'm not sure he could have gotten elected 25 years ago as a kid. obviously, he was pretty social step backward in time. lou: he says he has outgrown all that. >> by the definition of what you are, he is pretty left-sided as far as i'm concerned the. lou: the idea that the president came back in the so-called negotiations. it is either a farce of this process or whatever you want to call it -- but telling speaker boehner that all he really
crude oil and news of an increase of industrial production in china and the united states. a barrel of oil now just under $87. eighteen days from the fiscal cliff. the president looking back, addressing claims that he wants to create a socialist system in this country. the president saying if he had been president 25 years ago, there would be a shockingly different view of him and his politics. >> the truth of the matter is that my policies are so mainstream that if i had said the same...
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from north korea and watch the state collapse and watch, you know, millions of refugees flood into china or they can offer some minimum support to keep them alive. this is a criminal state, a mafia state. this is a state that's only run to support this ruling family of the kims, and the only reason they launched this rocket is not for scientific research, but to intimidate and blackmail the rest of the world so they can continue to get food aid, fuel to support this failing regime from the other states in the region. so this is nothing more than, as far as i'm concerned, and most people are concerned, this is nothing more than nuclear blackmail, greta. >> the thing that is so profoundly bizarre about this, and we have been to north korea three times, is the people of north korea honestly believe that we are still at war with them, that we, meaning the americans, we want to kill them. they think that every saturday night that we are sitting around thinking how are we going to kill those north koreaians. everything they do is marching in step, having the nationalistic parades. they are so
from north korea and watch the state collapse and watch, you know, millions of refugees flood into china or they can offer some minimum support to keep them alive. this is a criminal state, a mafia state. this is a state that's only run to support this ruling family of the kims, and the only reason they launched this rocket is not for scientific research, but to intimidate and blackmail the rest of the world so they can continue to get food aid, fuel to support this failing regime from the...
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we were worried about central bank, liquidity, numbers okayed here, heating up in china. people thought europe was contained, and it feels that way now. people looking past the headlines whether it's the fiscal cliff or europe. i mean, there's a lot of doom day sayers out there, and it makes sense, but it seems like everything right now is contained, and the trade is up to the upside. david: right. liz mentioned the fed decision coming up, should be hearing about it tomorrow. what's the market expecting from the fed? in what way will they be excited or disappointed? >> well, i think the market, if you look at the options market, the flows into the ten year treasuries, it's implying 85 billion per month. the reason i say that is right now, deals, what, 165 #, if that was not the case, yields should be up 180, maybe 183 right now so all the flow right now is pointing to 85 or 90 billion per month. liz: okay. none of us is going to fight the tape here, larry. we'll talk to you in a moment when the s&p futures close, but in the meantime, going to the panel, daifd. david: sam,
we were worried about central bank, liquidity, numbers okayed here, heating up in china. people thought europe was contained, and it feels that way now. people looking past the headlines whether it's the fiscal cliff or europe. i mean, there's a lot of doom day sayers out there, and it makes sense, but it seems like everything right now is contained, and the trade is up to the upside. david: right. liz mentioned the fed decision coming up, should be hearing about it tomorrow. what's the market...
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china's plan . should america import now to create jobs here. t buchanan wants the gop to stand firm with no new taxings. >> ditching the business tax for a national sales tax. it is spurring growth and putting people to workhere. wayne would it work here? >> it is a sad day to think that we have to do something the communist china is dng . it worked very well and they have expand today to other provinces in china and it is working very, very well. yes. >> national sales tax does that work here, johnathon? >> it would. it is it fair and treats everyonely and easy to understand and more importantly taxes consumption and not productio the only thing i like about communist china is the chick but the corporate next tax must go and think of how much more wealth and jobs we would have if it add more to the profits every year. >> julian, what do you make of >> the reason a national sales tax is good it is harder to cheat on and the reason it is it bad. economy growing at 2.4 percent. it would not stimulate the commempt i like the bus tax cus the top tw
china's plan . should america import now to create jobs here. t buchanan wants the gop to stand firm with no new taxings. >> ditching the business tax for a national sales tax. it is spurring growth and putting people to workhere. wayne would it work here? >> it is a sad day to think that we have to do something the communist china is dng . it worked very well and they have expand today to other provinces in china and it is working very, very well. yes. >> national sales tax...
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numbers came out saturday for china. i think italy has been remarkably good. so this was a big game changer. italy had been a part of the good story of european recovery. now it's back. >> all to monti was never intended to be there for the long term. >> sure. >> in fact, he may be leaving a month earlier than originally planned. this should not be a surprise in the larger context. while we may mention berlusconi's name right now, he's not expected to win. >> look, we knew that monti was successful. >> it may be whoever follows him is going to roll some of the gains that he's had. so-called gains. >> that's going to cause ripples here. look, on saturday night, i said, we're going to have a nice opening. china's good, people know that monti is not really going to hurt italy. i think if china continues the momentum, but the number -- >> the ex sports were less than expected in the month of november. which is a concern. then there's this perverse glass half full, that some data comes in lower, it might fuel the case for sti
numbers came out saturday for china. i think italy has been remarkably good. so this was a big game changer. italy had been a part of the good story of european recovery. now it's back. >> all to monti was never intended to be there for the long term. >> sure. >> in fact, he may be leaving a month earlier than originally planned. this should not be a surprise in the larger context. while we may mention berlusconi's name right now, he's not expected to win. >> look, we...
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more departure of high-tech immigrants from the united states returning home to china. lou: democrats to feed the stamp act, science, technology, engiering, and mathematics. immigrants into this country who deserve it and to we desperately want to have your while we throw open our borders and our airports to people who are, for the most part, the majority of those illegal immigrants are not even high-school educated, lacks skills, like education. my go. and they do so rejecting that law, that bill and prevent it from becoming law because they want to have a lotte. for crying out loud. the absurditiompound themselves. >> in general we have to recognize that the individual entrepreneur with special skills and contributions to american produce all the jobs, and they are the ones who are getting rich, who are punished by any increase in marginal tax rates. the already rich -- lou: what about the young man woman in this country who is not an entrepreneur, is not a big shot, is not in middle management in a big corporation. theyon a break. they won an opportunity. they want t
more departure of high-tech immigrants from the united states returning home to china. lou: democrats to feed the stamp act, science, technology, engiering, and mathematics. immigrants into this country who deserve it and to we desperately want to have your while we throw open our borders and our airports to people who are, for the most part, the majority of those illegal immigrants are not even high-school educated, lacks skills, like education. my go. and they do so rejecting that law, that...
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. >> and the letter from china to a local lawmaker slamming warnings about an imported dog food. >> and a little glow fish that researchers say could hold the key to discovering life saving >>> police in san francisco alerting residents in the mission district about a registered sexual offender in their neighborhood. a 53-year-old was released this month, served 24 years for a number of sexual assaults against children. police now say he's living in the mission district apartment, sim yonz has been convicted of several offenses dating back to 1982. >> homeland security launched a search for a woman producing child pornography. take a look at the photos obtained by the department. this woman is accused of producing a video which she engages in sexual condwukt a four to five-year-old victim shechl wears this ring, investigate investigators say danish police down loaded this from the internet. >> research found antibiotics used to treat bronchitis failed to aleave symptoms finding they were likely to lead to side affects including nausea or rashes. researchers say antibiotics are effective
. >> and the letter from china to a local lawmaker slamming warnings about an imported dog food. >> and a little glow fish that researchers say could hold the key to discovering life saving >>> police in san francisco alerting residents in the mission district about a registered sexual offender in their neighborhood. a 53-year-old was released this month, served 24 years for a number of sexual assaults against children. police now say he's living in the mission district...
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it is quite cumbersome for both china and elsewhere in the globe, melissa. when it comes down here who owns the mineral rights. here in the united states a greater segment of the market owns the mineral rights. for example here in pennsylvania, marcellus shale, landowners get to share in the profits of fracking that is going on. you don't have that elsewhere. you have greater government ownership of mineral rights. this is the government we're talking about. so it is cumbersome, it is expensive in the form of both taxes and royalty regime. in the case of a situation like argentina which nationalized its gas companies, you have the issue of attracting outside investors at this point. melissa: well, i don't understand. if the government owns the mineral rights why don't they want to develop it? it would be revenue for them and every government needs money to spend? >> well, indeed. now when you have a case like the united states, it's a matter where your ideology runs down to. the state of north dark has tremendous resources taking advantage of it has 3.1% of
it is quite cumbersome for both china and elsewhere in the globe, melissa. when it comes down here who owns the mineral rights. here in the united states a greater segment of the market owns the mineral rights. for example here in pennsylvania, marcellus shale, landowners get to share in the profits of fracking that is going on. you don't have that elsewhere. you have greater government ownership of mineral rights. this is the government we're talking about. so it is cumbersome, it is expensive...
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advantageous platform for manufacturing other than for china. stuart: do you think many of these jobs will come back, many of them will come back to america? >> many of them will come back to the u.s. austin consulting group says in 2015 you'll see seven industries it will be cheaper to manufacture in the u.s. than china and all sorts of manufacturing deals here. >> what. >> transportation costs are lower. delivery to market is slashed. energy prices are much cheaper. your work force is more productive and less likely to go out on strike. stuart: wait, wait a minute. the work force in america is more productive and less likely to go on strike than china, is that right? >> in china you have one wild cat strike after another, and suicide. and they make the products for apple said 10,000 robots and in 2014 one million. wh you have robot production, that minimizes china's cheap labor. and in california where they have facilities with robots it's just as cheap orrer than a robot in shin sheng. you wait a minute how come you're so wrong, china hasn't
advantageous platform for manufacturing other than for china. stuart: do you think many of these jobs will come back, many of them will come back to america? >> many of them will come back to the u.s. austin consulting group says in 2015 you'll see seven industries it will be cheaper to manufacture in the u.s. than china and all sorts of manufacturing deals here. >> what. >> transportation costs are lower. delivery to market is slashed. energy prices are much cheaper. your...
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china has a veto power there. china's patience was taxed with this launch, the foreign ministry spokesman expressing regret, which is a strong word from beijing. but it is unclear what measures china would accept as means of punishment of north korea. greta? >> greta: do you know why the window was extended for this launch and then they launched it? is there any explaining for that, yet? >> it could have been a measure by thome confuse and throw everything off the track. yesterday, local time, local media said that the rocket was being dismantled -- sorry, two days ago, saying it was dismantled from the launch pad, perhaps for repairs. a couple of hours later, it was put back and the launch took place, perhaps without south korean media and the government there watching, particularly closely, everyone expected it to be put back by a matter of days. >> greta: thank you. today, the u.n. security council condemning the rocket launch, saying it will urgently consider an appropriate response. now, exactly what would th
china has a veto power there. china's patience was taxed with this launch, the foreign ministry spokesman expressing regret, which is a strong word from beijing. but it is unclear what measures china would accept as means of punishment of north korea. greta? >> greta: do you know why the window was extended for this launch and then they launched it? is there any explaining for that, yet? >> it could have been a measure by thome confuse and throw everything off the track. yesterday,...
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of debt in foreign hands risen by a not so modest 78% to a record $5.5 trillion of foreign holders, china number one followed by japan, bril disa, -- brazil, a assistant third. the cliff negotiations, speaker boehner's offer of a tax rate hike for those making more than a million a year, and speaker boehner reportedly also willing to postpone the debt ceili issues for at least a year, unclear how. ite house aides cite it as progress. joining us lou lehr man, american historian, and great american. >> great to be here always, lou. lo this is wonderful to watch. the equity market responds at just the suggestion that the two men are actually talking, if talking by one another. what are your thoughts? >> well, he fearand trem ling -- trembling that's spread all over the untry and the world about american falling off thecliff, and thus a recession in the united states, the biggest economy in the world, can cause a temporary spurt in activity; however, it shouldn't be forcen freeding this was the federal reserve's qe4 announcement, a trillion dollars in a single year, recreation of new money, m
of debt in foreign hands risen by a not so modest 78% to a record $5.5 trillion of foreign holders, china number one followed by japan, bril disa, -- brazil, a assistant third. the cliff negotiations, speaker boehner's offer of a tax rate hike for those making more than a million a year, and speaker boehner reportedly also willing to postpone the debt ceili issues for at least a year, unclear how. ite house aides cite it as progress. joining us lou lehr man, american historian, and great...
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i spent time in china and india in the last year. everybody talks about china, india, you can't move people out at all. so democracies have a little more problem with these massive infrastructure builds. the other issue you want to talk about is you say the u.s. is focused too much on car infrastructure. americans are now shifting to public transit. taking $10.4 billion trips on public transit. last year, 2012 is expected to exceed that part of the problem is that public transit investment and infrastructure. >> we're up on public transit trips as you said. we're up on light rail trips another 2%. up about 5% on public transit trips. the people that are located near public transit and near subway systems and light rail. they've seen their housing prices go up the most. that's what people are desiring, one of the things i would like to do is obviously we're not going to give up on the suburbs, we're not going to give up on the car. but let's pay for using the darn car. let's tax by tolls, let's make sure congested cities like new york
i spent time in china and india in the last year. everybody talks about china, india, you can't move people out at all. so democracies have a little more problem with these massive infrastructure builds. the other issue you want to talk about is you say the u.s. is focused too much on car infrastructure. americans are now shifting to public transit. taking $10.4 billion trips on public transit. last year, 2012 is expected to exceed that part of the problem is that public transit investment and...
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. >> it's like jeffrey immelt saying kind of praising china recently because they can make some good business decisions for themselves so the whole system might be somewhat add admirable. i think they are revealing what they in many ways really think. it wasn't too many years ago that we were talking about harry belafonte comments about condoleezza rice and even colin powell when he said they were living in the house of the master. he wasn't joking then. he may be overstated a little bit maybe for him. >> bill: is he emboldened. >> of course. >> bill: nobody cares about harry belafonte. >> that song is in my head ruining the christmas season banana boat. >> bill: sun goes down. i like that song. i used him not because he has credibility and that is he somebody that people listen to, but to give you an example of what is being said in the salons at the huffington post. these people are going, you know what? if you oppose president obama now and you oppose the secular progressive agenda we're going to deal with you. look, the attacks on me, look, i have a stack of news clips all over t
. >> it's like jeffrey immelt saying kind of praising china recently because they can make some good business decisions for themselves so the whole system might be somewhat add admirable. i think they are revealing what they in many ways really think. it wasn't too many years ago that we were talking about harry belafonte comments about condoleezza rice and even colin powell when he said they were living in the house of the master. he wasn't joking then. he may be overstated a little bit...
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china will be a big driver and india will be growing like china is today. they talk about how the world is changing. it's like no other time since the french revolution. remember in the late 18th century, the industrial revolution, except it's happening more quickly. it's taking a tenth of the time for china and asia to rise quickly. let me read to you something from the report, in the tectonic shift, asia will have surpassed north maeshg and europe combined in terms of global power, based upon gdp, population size, military spending and technological spending. china alone will probably have the largest economy, surpassing that of the united states a few years before 2030. people because of technology, people really have more power than they've ever had before, individuals have more power an that can also cause problems with, you know, people using technology for ill means. >> is this the whole report? >> the 140-page rundown. i'm sure the president gets a bigger one. >> this is an intelligence report. >> yes. >> why on earth would anyone buy a jillion doll
china will be a big driver and india will be growing like china is today. they talk about how the world is changing. it's like no other time since the french revolution. remember in the late 18th century, the industrial revolution, except it's happening more quickly. it's taking a tenth of the time for china and asia to rise quickly. let me read to you something from the report, in the tectonic shift, asia will have surpassed north maeshg and europe combined in terms of global power, based upon...
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china with a knife with 22 injured children. not dead. that's the difference. in the united states we have 9,000 people killed with guns last year in similar countries like germany, 170 and canada 150. there is a reason for that. >> what would you like to see in terms of specific gun control? >> there a number of pieces of legislation we have been pushing. no reasonable gun owner who is a sportsman can object to bans on assault weapons made only to kill as many human beings as possible like in a military situation. no one can object to a ban on the sale of large ammunition clips so you can't reload. no one can object to microstamping of card ridges to trace the murder weapon. no one can object to eliminating the gunshot exception so even if you buy a gun at a gun show, they still have to check your background to make sure they are not selling to someone on a terrorist watch list or mentally unstable person or a felon. those ares we should do. >> we had a heated debate on a previous incident. two things happened in 1996. athere w
china with a knife with 22 injured children. not dead. that's the difference. in the united states we have 9,000 people killed with guns last year in similar countries like germany, 170 and canada 150. there is a reason for that. >> what would you like to see in terms of specific gun control? >> there a number of pieces of legislation we have been pushing. no reasonable gun owner who is a sportsman can object to bans on assault weapons made only to kill as many human beings as...
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china is slowing, europe is in recession. so the main concern -- and this is a risk scenario, what they call a left tail. it's not the baseline, is that we get a tipping process that one bad thing here leads to another bad thing elsewhere, which comes back here. and that's why the hope is somehow, somehow, i don't know how, but somehow in the next week washington will find a way to avoid this fiscal cliff. >> from your lips to god's ears, mohamed, thanks very much. coming up, as long as congress doesn't trip us up, we are on the way to an economic renaissance in this country. i'll explain. ally bank. why they have a raise your rate cd. tonight our guest, thomas sargent. nobel laureate in economics and one of the most cited economists in the world. professor sargent, can you tell me what cd rates will be in two years? no. if he can't, no one can. that's why ally has a raise your rate cd. ally bank. your money needs an ally. >>> we are on the road to an economic renaissance. think about the united states economy like a runner a
china is slowing, europe is in recession. so the main concern -- and this is a risk scenario, what they call a left tail. it's not the baseline, is that we get a tipping process that one bad thing here leads to another bad thing elsewhere, which comes back here. and that's why the hope is somehow, somehow, i don't know how, but somehow in the next week washington will find a way to avoid this fiscal cliff. >> from your lips to god's ears, mohamed, thanks very much. coming up, as long as...
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it looks like that's true in china. the iphone 5 at a very chilly reception for its beijing launch overtight. so, nicole, i think that apple is down again. >> it is, again, down over this, 3% right now. you're talking the 514 range. aen what happened to the $700 range and that's ubs this morning, they kept their buy rating, but reduced their target from 700 to 780 talking about china being one of the issues and not being able to build there. stuart: and the iphone 5 in beijing, there was a snowstorm, okay, a mild snowstorm, there were only two people in line to get those first iphone 5's in china. that's it. only two people. i think that's got something to do with the apple decline this morning. >> you know what, if you really want something, wild horses and snowstorms won't keep you away. stuart: so, i think we can conclude that maybe apple's losing a little of its shine, a little of its cool. maybe, i don't want to be too pejorative here, just maybe. nicole, thank you, down 10 in the early going. i want to take a look
it looks like that's true in china. the iphone 5 at a very chilly reception for its beijing launch overtight. so, nicole, i think that apple is down again. >> it is, again, down over this, 3% right now. you're talking the 514 range. aen what happened to the $700 range and that's ubs this morning, they kept their buy rating, but reduced their target from 700 to 780 talking about china being one of the issues and not being able to build there. stuart: and the iphone 5 in beijing, there was...
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the side that said things that were dead wrong about the jeep factory heading to china and the nonsense heading to work requirement for welfare and the pathetic claim that president obama spends his time out there in the world apologizing lost. it really did. and maybe, just maybe, the reason the people telling the most truth won. and the people telling the most untruth lost. it's for that very reason. we were, all of us, paying attention because it really mattered. that's "hardball" for now. "politics nation" with al sharpton starts right now. >> thanks, chris. and thanks for tuning in. tonight's lead, republicans are picking a fight they can't win. new evidence today that president obama is in a strong position in this nation's fight for fairness. and republicans are on the losing end of this fight. now, new polls show 65% of americans believe the president does have a mandate to raise taxes on the wealthy. 62% say he's got a mandate to protect medicare. and 64% says he's got a mandate to protect social security. that is a winning hand. the president has it and he knows it. >> i'm pre
the side that said things that were dead wrong about the jeep factory heading to china and the nonsense heading to work requirement for welfare and the pathetic claim that president obama spends his time out there in the world apologizing lost. it really did. and maybe, just maybe, the reason the people telling the most truth won. and the people telling the most untruth lost. it's for that very reason. we were, all of us, paying attention because it really mattered. that's "hardball"...
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that will be china, why? >> well, i think that apple isn't it rating as fast, we're seeing samsung phones coming out every week, like a new one, every week. every size, shape and color, so you've got a lot of competition in the space, apple wasn't doing anything in china a few short years ago and now they're going to the iphone in that debate. and falling-- >> fell two notches. you've got competition now from samsung and the mobile space and they're the gold standard when it comes to computing. i think it's great because it forces apple to make interesting decisions and become more competitive and i think that once a year for a phone. i think we may start to see apple shift in the idea of coming out with an iphone every week. >> and forces apple to shake up the status quo. do you think with the cash they're sitting on might be smarter to make acquisitions out there and broadening the face of offerin offerings? >> i think one thing you're seeing a competition with google and need to start hiring talent to keep
that will be china, why? >> well, i think that apple isn't it rating as fast, we're seeing samsung phones coming out every week, like a new one, every week. every size, shape and color, so you've got a lot of competition in the space, apple wasn't doing anything in china a few short years ago and now they're going to the iphone in that debate. and falling-- >> fell two notches. you've got competition now from samsung and the mobile space and they're the gold standard when it comes...
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>> it broke a lot of china. people didn't like it. his point was why are we listening to the same set of consultants when we're losing? this racketeering, the problem is the five people who are on this, you know, commission, if you will, or this autopsy if you will -- >> growth and opportunities. >> are all part of the same racket and they will cover for the newt gingrichs of the world and the dick morrises of the world and the car roves of the wor world. >> and learn nothing? >> i think they will come back they have to do a better job communicating their message. >> but i wonder if it also depends on -- okay, so they put out their report and it's a big cya. i wonder how bobby jindal responds to that, who has been very forceful since election day about the problems of the party. what does chris christie say about what's in that report? it's one thing to have this autopsy body doing this report. it's another thing, again, to rank and file, the governors who are out there who have to pick up the broken pieces of their party if they're g
>> it broke a lot of china. people didn't like it. his point was why are we listening to the same set of consultants when we're losing? this racketeering, the problem is the five people who are on this, you know, commission, if you will, or this autopsy if you will -- >> growth and opportunities. >> are all part of the same racket and they will cover for the newt gingrichs of the world and the dick morrises of the world and the car roves of the wor world. >> and learn...
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: those predicts within 50 years china cou be premiere fincial economic giant, they have moved it to 20 years, and it is getting less and less time as we speak, so within 20 years, china eclipses us as the financial juggernaut of the world, carlos gutierrez, what do you make of that? >> they reduced growth rate to about 5% of out years, they must be making low assumions about u.s. growth rate, but this is a wake-up call we have to be thinking about the future, for some reason, the report talks about a governnnce gap. think we have a political crisis that stems from the fact that we can't seem to -- to look forward, we're always solvi yesterday's problem or today's crisis, but we have to start looking to the future, we have an immigration system that dates back to the '50s we're not openg new traderket. you know we're just -- our energy we could have energy independence 202 we should be running full speed aad. neil: ts adminisation said ey are addressing and looking at at future, and looking at sor and green technologies that chinese are buying up. including om rescued and supported b
: those predicts within 50 years china cou be premiere fincial economic giant, they have moved it to 20 years, and it is getting less and less time as we speak, so within 20 years, china eclipses us as the financial juggernaut of the world, carlos gutierrez, what do you make of that? >> they reduced growth rate to about 5% of out years, they must be making low assumions about u.s. growth rate, but this is a wake-up call we have to be thinking about the future, for some reason, the report...
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public -- put it into community public work renovatio that creates jobs that cannot be exported to china, it is amazing that congress does not get that connection. at leastut it back into the@ community. thats the best way -- >> ralph. i ve youo much, b i wish i had more time to just yell at you. i want to get you bac continued success wh your book. >> thank you, neil. neil: when we come bark, text, you tex people, it is 20 years old today, what should i wear? ♪ ♪ [ engine revs ] ♪ [ me announcer ] oh what fun it is to ride. get the mercedes-benz on your wish list at the winter event going on now rough december 31st. [ santa ] ho, ho, ho! [ male announcer ] lease a 201 e350 for $579 a month t your local mercedes-benz dealer. sven getgreat rewards for hismall business! how does this thing work? ohi like it! [ garth ] sven's small business earns 2% cash back onvery purche, everday! woo-hoo! so that's ten security gators, right? put them on my sparrd! why settle for ls? testing hot tar... great sinesses dervgreat rewards! [ male annncer ] the spark busine card from cital one. chse unl
public -- put it into community public work renovatio that creates jobs that cannot be exported to china, it is amazing that congress does not get that connection. at leastut it back into the@ community. thats the best way -- >> ralph. i ve youo much, b i wish i had more time to just yell at you. i want to get you bac continued success wh your book. >> thank you, neil. neil: when we come bark, text, you tex people, it is 20 years old today, what should i wear? ♪ ♪ [ engine revs...
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and china, they played hard ball in china. anybody who has played hardball in china has not succeeded. like google. first amendment, you know, tiananmen square. what's the first amendment in china, i don't think it's free speech. >> i don't think so. >> interstate commerce is as powerful as anything. >> tear down a neighborhood at any moment. >> another $156 million shares eligible for social, the social network rallied after last month's expiration and shares up 25% since the middle of november. november 14th, we went into it thinking we'd get hurt. it ended up 12.6% that day, up 250. >> it did decline prior to that, in anticipation of the expiration. >> after a big run. it's got to digest. again, this is an interest per share situation. things are done at facebook that would justify the stock going higher. the short base was gigantic. do you sense a big run? >> i think the dynamic did change after the last quarter. and the discussion you talked about, we talked about it a great deal, what the trends really appeared to be in
and china, they played hard ball in china. anybody who has played hardball in china has not succeeded. like google. first amendment, you know, tiananmen square. what's the first amendment in china, i don't think it's free speech. >> i don't think so. >> interstate commerce is as powerful as anything. >> tear down a neighborhood at any moment. >> another $156 million shares eligible for social, the social network rallied after last month's expiration and shares up 25%...
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of course, china's interest is purely self-interest here. the last thing he needs it needs is a slowdown in consumer spending. after all, where would the chinese and their economy be if it weren't for america? that's right. a lot more to come during this hour. what this tax fairness mean? i will break down the numbers. folks like warren buffett don't want to talk about this. and aaa and unusual warning about a blend of gasoline. the federal government wants you to start using the gas. ♪ [ enginene revs ] ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] the mercedes-benz winter event is back, with the perfect vehicle that's just right for you, no matter which list you're on. [ santa ] ho, ho, ho, ho! [ male announcer ] lease a 2013 c250 for $349 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. gerri: look, i am no expert on media bias, but the media solving the fiscal cliff. the huffington post reporting that the offer to avert disaster sparks gopoutrage. "the new york times", the front page story today that the tax code is less progressive than in 1980. back when ro
of course, china's interest is purely self-interest here. the last thing he needs it needs is a slowdown in consumer spending. after all, where would the chinese and their economy be if it weren't for america? that's right. a lot more to come during this hour. what this tax fairness mean? i will break down the numbers. folks like warren buffett don't want to talk about this. and aaa and unusual warning about a blend of gasoline. the federal government wants you to start using the gas. ♪ [...
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>> you know, i don't think you can do that much about it unless you want to be industrialized china and india and the eveloping countries. that's the thing. >> two things going on, a progressive moment that only knows how to use fear to get what they want. >> brilliant, brilliant. >> and notion of victimization and in in case, third world nation. >> brilliant, brilliant. >> since the end of world war ii, western nations have given poor people around this world 2 trillion dollars, but it doesn't stop the u.n. or phonies like bono and nongovernment organizations for going out there and trying to shame western nations into giving money and by the way the poor nations never get it and someone puts it in their pocket and it's a travesty. i hope peoplen africa and others resist it, they're embracin capitalism and coming on stronger and stronger, and i he you-- the more you erace capitalism the more global warming there'll be. >> we accept that part. >> well, but i don want to get in an argument about climate change and all, but we do go through weather patterns in cycles and i can remember at
>> you know, i don't think you can do that much about it unless you want to be industrialized china and india and the eveloping countries. that's the thing. >> two things going on, a progressive moment that only knows how to use fear to get what they want. >> brilliant, brilliant. >> and notion of victimization and in in case, third world nation. >> brilliant, brilliant. >> since the end of world war ii, western nations have given poor people around this...
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china is the key to this story. i'm not a bull on china. if you are, that's the bull's case. >> pete, who made the more compelling argument in this case? >> i said beforehand i wasn't going toeith my brother. actual actually, i am. i tend to be a bull on china. i tend to be a bull on the global economy coming back in a big way. i think fedex is going to be the beneficiary. i think the icing on the cake is exactly what john put out there, which is the express. if they actually -- if that starts to come back better, i think the sky is the limit. >> we'll close the case on this one. there may be more optimism on housing, but one of the nation's most respected voices on that topic isn't ready to sound the all clear. it's robert shiller. he joins us on the fast line. welcome back. >> my pleasure. >> there's a lot of optimism about housing. what are we missing? >> a lot of people seem to think if the market turns around, that means more of the same, meaning another big boom. i don't think that's in the cards. we might see home prices go up a litt
china is the key to this story. i'm not a bull on china. if you are, that's the bull's case. >> pete, who made the more compelling argument in this case? >> i said beforehand i wasn't going toeith my brother. actual actually, i am. i tend to be a bull on china. i tend to be a bull on the global economy coming back in a big way. i think fedex is going to be the beneficiary. i think the icing on the cake is exactly what john put out there, which is the express. if they actually -- if...
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china's top leader res expected to meet saturday and sunday and monday we'll finally gets china's foreign direct investment numbers for december. lots to watch and it will be interesting to keep appear eye on how traders sxret express views over the weekend. straight ahead on the show, a round about in east london is being hailed as europe's answer to silicone valley. but should california tech giants be shaking in their hoodies? stay tuned. >>> welcome back to the program. the financial times picked mario draghi as its financial person for the year. earlier in the program, we asked you who would be your pick. bruce tweeted in to say silvia wadhwa, she's my favorite. silvia gets our vote, too. get in touch with us by e-mail, worldwide@cnbc.com, tweet us or tweet ross even though he's not here. in fact, i encourage that. >>> east london has been hailed to europe's answer to silicone valley. can it really compete? and what's in it for investors? tom mckenzie reports. >> in just a few years, london's tech city has grown from a handful of companies to a buzzing cluster of close to 5,000 busin
china's top leader res expected to meet saturday and sunday and monday we'll finally gets china's foreign direct investment numbers for december. lots to watch and it will be interesting to keep appear eye on how traders sxret express views over the weekend. straight ahead on the show, a round about in east london is being hailed as europe's answer to silicone valley. but should california tech giants be shaking in their hoodies? stay tuned. >>> welcome back to the program. the...
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china is trying back. so you have three major underpinnings well these idiots are doing what they're doing. lou: okay. as always to agree to talk to you. at the box office, vampires in love. james bond with a slow holiday weekend. entertainment twilight finale pulling in 17 million. tops of the box office. the twilight saga breaking don part two has made more than $700 million worldwide. the latest bond flick making another 17 million. pulled in just about 870 million worldwide. the richest total ever in this series. coming in third. thirteen and a half million dollars for the weekend. up next, the fiscal cliff. a proposal of his own. the president. what does he think? is it a joke? we will take it up with michael ramirez in just a moment. is our population at risk? a super bug now plaguing this nation's health care facilities. we are joined to assess the threat and the prospects for a public-health response next. you know how painful heartburn cane. for fast, long lasting relief, use doctor remmended gavi
china is trying back. so you have three major underpinnings well these idiots are doing what they're doing. lou: okay. as always to agree to talk to you. at the box office, vampires in love. james bond with a slow holiday weekend. entertainment twilight finale pulling in 17 million. tops of the box office. the twilight saga breaking don part two has made more than $700 million worldwide. the latest bond flick making another 17 million. pulled in just about 870 million worldwide. the richest...
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>> by the way, on that china point, wind energy relies on precious metals, rare either metals and china is the chief production of that. some analysts say we'll be more reliant as we go more and more wind power, more reliant on the chinese mining industry to get rare earth metals that we need, rare earth metals. sandra: what are we doing here? the taxpayers have got to question this. this is their hard-earned dollars at work. the vetting process by the obama administration has not been all that great when investing in these companies. >> no. we've seen 80% of companies had ties with democratic donors with obama, connections, cronyism. wind produces 2.3% of the electricity. 1.3% of the global electricity. this is something that is, this was the, energy of the future back in the 1970s, 35 years ago. and it hasn't produced. every year they extend, not every year but extend the production tax credits for the wind power and the bottom line is, the wind power, always say prosperity is just around the corner. self-reliance is just around the corner. it doesn't happen. whoo we're seeing more an
>> by the way, on that china point, wind energy relies on precious metals, rare either metals and china is the chief production of that. some analysts say we'll be more reliant as we go more and more wind power, more reliant on the chinese mining industry to get rare earth metals that we need, rare earth metals. sandra: what are we doing here? the taxpayers have got to question this. this is their hard-earned dollars at work. the vetting process by the obama administration has not been...
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we can talk china. europe's been left behind. the only thing that's keeping us back is any deal. just get any deal if we can get 4% growth? >> it has to be a real deal that's north of $4 trillion. here's where kent and i might disagree. i agree that we can get to a grand bargain but it has to be one in my case where you've actually made the decisions. i'm not going to do another process bill, i'm sorry. you know -- >> meaning -- >> i want -- let's implement the policies right now. i don't want to set up another committee, i don't want to give directions to committees to come back. you know there's an old adage here in the senate, there's nothing to be learned from the second kick in the shin from a mule. okay? we've already been down the path of a process. we had 12 really smart folks, six on each side, and i'm not willing to go down that route again. i want us to make the decisions now, i want the entitlement reforms put in place now, and i hope that speaker boehner will not negotiate a way the debt ceiling until those specific reforms are in place. that's been missing in this d
we can talk china. europe's been left behind. the only thing that's keeping us back is any deal. just get any deal if we can get 4% growth? >> it has to be a real deal that's north of $4 trillion. here's where kent and i might disagree. i agree that we can get to a grand bargain but it has to be one in my case where you've actually made the decisions. i'm not going to do another process bill, i'm sorry. you know -- >> meaning -- >> i want -- let's implement the policies right...
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has cost tens of thousands of lives, syria's only friends in the world have been naturally iran and china but also their best friends, russia. russia. and that was true until today. russia today did not formally declare that they're no longer going to support the syrian government against the rebels, but for the first time a high-ranking russian official said publicly that yeah, it looks like assad is going to lose this war. i mean, the united states has been saying that forever. nato has been saying that forever. everybody who wants assad to go has been saying that forever. you try to create an air of inevitability about the thing you want to happen. right? that makes sense. but now for the other side to be saying it, for syria's best friend to be saying yeah, syria, you're going to lose this, it's going to happen, that is a huge, huge deal. it is sometimes hard to follow the day-to-day news out of this war, to know what is an important day and what is just another awful day. but this is a really important moment. because syria was sort of down to their last friend in the world. and if t
has cost tens of thousands of lives, syria's only friends in the world have been naturally iran and china but also their best friends, russia. russia. and that was true until today. russia today did not formally declare that they're no longer going to support the syrian government against the rebels, but for the first time a high-ranking russian official said publicly that yeah, it looks like assad is going to lose this war. i mean, the united states has been saying that forever. nato has been...
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china's demand. keep in mind china does not want to see destabilization of the reason nor does it want a tightening of sanctions or war in an already impoverished country which might lead to refugees streaming into their next door neighbor, china. >>> iran claims it decoded all of the data from a stealth cia spy drone it recovered last year, all of it. the revolutionary guard general claims the drone did not carry out missions before it went down near iran's border with afghanistan. iran claims it took control of the drone and brought it down, but it's still unclear whether iran's military actually captured it or if it simply crash landed somewhere in iranian territory. last week the iranians claims they captured another u.s. spy drone. the navy reports it's not currently missing any drones, so that would not stand to reason. >>> crowds of people saw somebody commit a murder in manhattan today, midday, on a busy sidewalk about a block from the famous carnegie hall and right outside a school building.
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. >>> manufacturers scoring deals in china. first solar will ship two -pmegawatts worth of its panels to china early 2013. sun power is buying a 25% stake for a solar panel and tracker venture in northern california. >>> she is one of the most notorious mean people out there. so why not make "vogue" editor anna win tour a u.s. ambassador? it making perfect sense. well, apparently to president obama it does. we're going to explain coming up. you can never have too much money. ♪ . having you ship my gifts couldn't be easier. well, having a tonf caons doesn't hurt. and a santa to boot! [ chuckles ] right, baby. oh, sir. that is a customer. oh...sorry about that. [ male announcer ] break fm the holiday stress. fedex office. melissa: we are joined by author and radio talk show goddess market to buy monica crowley and republican strategist. thank you for joining yes. both of you. first up, i love this story. the ambassador wears product. president obama is considering nominating a very fashionable 84 ambassador in the u.k. or franc
. >>> manufacturers scoring deals in china. first solar will ship two -pmegawatts worth of its panels to china early 2013. sun power is buying a 25% stake for a solar panel and tracker venture in northern california. >>> she is one of the most notorious mean people out there. so why not make "vogue" editor anna win tour a u.s. ambassador? it making perfect sense. well, apparently to president obama it does. we're going to explain coming up. you can never have too...